Underpants for men

ABSTRACT

Underpants for men form a cover cloth and a scrotum pocket outside or inside of the underpants for accommodating a user&#39;s scrotum in the scrotum pocket. The user&#39;s penis extends through the opening defined at an upper portion of the scrotum pocket and is covered by the cover cloth. The scrotum defines a plurality of holes therein. The penis, scrotum and thigh are separated from each other via wearing the underpants, which can achieve a good effect of heat dissipating, ventilation, dry and clear, and which provides comfortable feeling free of oppressing and convenience to urinate.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to an underpants for men, and morespecifically, to an underpants for men having separating structure.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

With the increasing demand of modern people on life quality, the sewingdesigns of underwear, such as underpants, are also kept improving, formeeting the demand on comfortable requirements to every daily articlenecessary for use; however, particular to an underpants for men, becauseof the limitation of a male's special genitals' structure, and theresearch of nowadays cloth material still leaves an unsolved ventilationproblem against hot temperature, the improvement of the sewing design ofan underpants for men can hardly satisfy consumers' requirements, andthus has a lot of deficiencies.

The deficiencies of conventional underpants for men mainly lie in therestriction from the cloth material to a male's genitals; four mainproblems are thus generated from the restriction, which can be worsebecause of the improper size or sewing of the cloth material thereof:firstly, under the circumstance of a male's genitals accommodated in thenarrow space of the front part of the underpants, the penis or scrotummay be easily oppressed because of the restriction force from thepositioning function of the underpants or from the elastic belt, whichnot only makes people uncomfortable because of pain, but also may doharm to the testicle inside the scrotum; secondly, besides the problemof oppressing because of the narrow space, there is also the problem ofventilation and heat dissipating, particular in tropic regions orsemi-tropical regions, when the consumer takes activities for a longtime, or performs violent movements, the underpants may be over heated,which not only makes the consumer uncomfortable because of the sweat,but also may do harm to the procreate function of the testicle; thirdly,the scrotum and penis may not be actually separated from the abdomen andthigh of the leg if the separating structure of the underpants is notwell designed, in such circumstance, the skins of these parts will havefriction with each other, in addition, the ventilation and heatdissipating inside the underpants are not so good, therefore skindiseases, such as eczema, are easily engendered on the skins of saidparts, which has been a suffering to menfolk; last, inconveniences fortoileting may also arise from a not-well-designed underpants because thefunction of separating and positioning to genitals is generally overstrengthened by underpants designers, the underpants have to be pulledout or token off so that a male can urinate, which is veryinconvenience, and can not meet people's demand. Consequently, it ishard to design underpants for men taking both structure and functionthereof into consideration.

TW Utility Model Patent No. 108803 discloses an improvement design of anunderpants for men, which proposes an underpants for men 50 having ascrotum pocket, as shown in FIG. 5, comprising a front part 51 and aback part 52 whose top portions are formed into elastic portions 511,521, the opening of the lateral edge 52 for the thigh extending throughis also elastic; at the same time, the front part 51 joins the bottom ofthe back part 52 via a transverse sewing thread 54, and the centralportion of the back part 52 are lengthways sewn with a vertical sewingthread, a hemispherical scrotum pocket 56 is arranged at a bottomposition where the vertical sewing thread 55 intersects the transversesewing thread 54 on the front part 51. The scrotum pocket 56 defines aupward opening 561, an annular sewing thread 562 is arranged at theperiphery of the opening for forming a lateral cloth 57 between thescrotum pocket 56 and the lateral edge 53 of the underpants, so that thescrotum pocket 56 accommodates the scrotum therein.

The above underpants can be worn in a same way as a normal one; howeverthe scrotum will be accommodated in the scrotum pocket 56 wherein thevertical sewing thread 55 of the back part 52 tightly fits on the sunkenportion of the hip, and the lateral cloth 57 tightly fits on the skinsbetween the scrotum and the abdomen and thigh of the leg thereforeseparating the scrotum and the abdomen and thigh of the leg, making thescrotum free of oppressing.

The above improvement design solve the problems of the oppressing andseparating of the scrotum, however, other problems like oppressing ofthe penis, poor ventilation or inconveniences for toileting are stillnot solved, which still can not meet male consumers' demand.

Consequently, how to provide underpants for men which reliably separatesthe private parts of a body, has a good ventilation environment, and isconvenient for toileting has become a problem to be solved.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Regarding the drawbacks of the above mentioned conventionaltechnologies, the primary objective of the present invention is toprovide underpants for men, which separate the penis and scrotum fromthe skins of the abdomen and thigh of the leg to avoid contact.

Another objective of the present invention is to provide underpants formen, which prevent the penis and scrotum from being oppressed.

Still another objective of the present invention is to provideunderpants for men, which have a good ventilation and heat dissipatingeffect.

Still another objective of the present invention is to providecomfortable and oppressing free underpants for men.

Still another objective of the present invention is to provideunderpants for men, which are bactericidal and keep the private partsdry and clean.

Still another objective of the present invention is to provideunderpants for men, which are convenient for a male to urinate.

In accordance with the above and other objectives, the present inventionproposes underpants for men comprising a front part and a back part, thefront part and back part sewn together to form underpants worn on auser's body, the front part defining an opening for the user's scrotumand penis extending through; a scrotum pocket, part of the edge of thescrotum pocket sewn to the edge of the opening, the inner space of thescrotum pocket communicating with the opening of the front part foraccommodating the user's scrotum, the scrotum pocket defining aplurality of holes therein; and a cover cloth, sewn to the outside ofthe front part for covering the scrotum pocket, and accommodating theuser's penis in the space between the cover cloth and the opening.

In an alternative embodiment, the underpants for men, comprises a frontpart and a back part, the front part and back part sewn together to formunderpants worn on a user's body, the front part defining a firstopening therein; an inner cover cloth sewn inside the front part forcovering the user's penis and scrotum, and the inner cover clothdefining a second opening; and a scrotum pocket, part of the edge of thescrotum sewn to he edge of the second opening, the inner space of thescrotum pocket communicating with the second opening for accommodatingthe user's scrotum, and the scrotum pocket defining a plurality ofholes. The lower-half edge of the second opening is sewn to part of thescrotum pocket, the upper-half edge of the second opening is employedfor the user's penis extending through; at the same time, the pluralityof holes is compactly and trimly distributed in the scrotum pocket toform a mesh therefore achieving ventilation effect; the scrotum is ahemisphere, which has a hemispherical space therein.

In addition, the edges of the front part and the back part are arrangedwith elastic portions for facilitating the wearing and taking off of theunderpants; the front part and the back part are sewn together to form aboxer, a brief, bikini or T-back underpants.

Consequently, the feature of the present invention lies in the design ofthe (inner) cover cloth and the scrotum pocket, which can be employed inthe outside or inside of the underpants to separate the user's penis andscrotum, and to achieve the effect of ventilation, free of oppressingand convenience to urinate, therefore solving the problems ofconventional underpants for men.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B are schematic views of the underpants for men inaccordance with a first embodiment of the present invention, whereinFIG. 1A is a spread view of the cloth of FIG. 1B;

FIG. 1C is a schematic section view showing the cover cloth of the firstembodiment having an inner pocket;

FIG. 1D is a schematic section view showing the cover cloth of the firstembodiment having a short cloth strip;

FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B are schematic views of the underpants for men inaccordance with a second embodiment of the present invention, whereinFIG. 2A is a spread view of the cloth of FIG. 2B;

FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B are schematic views of the underpants for men inaccordance with a third embodiment of the present invention, whereinFIG. 3A is a spread view of the cloth of FIG. 3B;

FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B are schematic views of the underpants for men inaccordance with a forth embodiment of the present invention, whereinFIG. 4A is a spread view of the cloth of FIG. 4B; and

FIG. 5 is a spread view of the cloth of conventional underpants for mendisclosed in TW Utility Model Patent No. 108803.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The present invention is described in the following with specificembodiments, so that one skilled in the pertinent art can easilyunderstand other advantages and effects of the present invention fromthe disclosure of the invention. The present invention is alsoimplemented and applied according to other embodiments, and details aremodified based on different views and applications without departingfrom the spirit of the invention.

First Embodiment

A preferred embodiment of the underpants for men of the presentinvention is as shown in FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B, wherein FIG. 1A is aspread view of the cloth of FIG. 1B, the cloth in the spread view can besewn to form the isometric view in FIG. 1B. The underpants for mencomprises a front part 11 and a back part 12, the front part 11 and theback part 12 can be sewn together to form the underpants to be worn onthe private parts of a user. The present embodiment takes the boxer asan example of the figure and configuration of the cloth. The front part11 defines an opening 13 in an approximately center position thereof forthe user's scrotum and penis extending through. The opening 13 issubstantially circular, it is positioned against the user's genitalsafter the user wears the underpants for men 10. At the same time, ahemispherical scrotum pocket 20 is sewn jointly to a lower-half edge ofthe opening 13, so that the inner hemispherical space of the scrotumpocket 20 communicates with the opening 13 of the front part 11. Theopening 13 communicates with external on at the upper-half edge 15thereof, and communicates with the inner hemispherical space of thescrotum pocket 20 at the lower-half edge because of the coverage of thescrotum pocket 20. Therefore, when a user wears the underpants for men10, his penis and scrotum can extend through the opening 13 of the frontpart 11, and the penis further extends outwardly from the upper-halfedge 15 of the opening 13, while the scrotum is accommodated in theinner space of the scrotum pocket, thus a separation effect is achieved.

To achieve the special configuration of the scrotum pocket, clothmaterial, such as Nylon or Polyester, is disposed in a set of molds andheated for a predetermined time, for example, heated for 18 to 20seconds under 180? environment to achieve the hemisphericalconfiguration. The configuration is not limited to what is describedabove, an approximate spherical configuration having inner space foraccommodating the scrotum can also employed, a user can achieve aspecial configuration of the scrotum pocket 20 by altering the molds oradjusting the parameters of the fabricating process.

Additionally, as shown in the figure, the scrotum 20 defines a pluralityof holes 21. The plurality of holes 21 is compactly and trimlydistributed in the whole scrotum pocket 20, so that the scrotum pocket20 has a mesh surface. The inner space of the scrotum pocket 20 is thusnot hermetic, and thus achieving a good ventilation and heat dissipatingeffect for the scrotum accommodated in the inner space thereof.Consequently, the inner space of the scrotum 20 provides a function oftemperature adjusting, which is not easily affected by the environmentto be rapidly heated.

The present invention further comprises a cover cloth 30, and the covercloth 30 is sewn to a center position outside the front part 11 to coveran upper portion of the opening 13 and the scrotum pocket 20. The figureand size of the cover cloth 30 is designed to at least cover theupper-half edge 15 for the user's penis extending through, and at leastexpose the lower part of the scrotum pocket 20, therefore meeting bothrequirements of esthetics and ventilation. Consequently, when the userwears the underpants for men 10, his penis extends outwardly through theupper-half edge 15 of the opening, and is accommodated in the spacebetween the cover cloth 30 and the opening 13.

In addition, the space between the cover cloth 30 and the opening 13 isalso not a hermetic space because only part of the cover cloth 30 issewn to the front part 11. As shown in FIG. 1A, only part of the covercloth 30 is sewn to the upper portion of the front part 11 and lateraledges of the opening 13, that is, sewn to the line segment AB at theupper portion of the front part 11 and the line segments CD, EF at thelateral edges of the opening 13. Such design not only keeps theventilation of the penis, but also provides convenience for the user tourinate. Because the line segments DE, BC and FA are arranged at thepositions where the cover cloth 30 not sewn closed, no complex pullingout operation of the underpants is needed when the user urinates,whereas the penis can be exposed from where the cover cloth 30 not sewnclosed at a lower portion or lateral sides (line segments DE, BC, or FA)to urinate, which solve the problem the user faces when he urinates.

Referring to FIG. 1C, the bottom edge of the cover cloth 30 is inwardlybent and sewn to the line segments CD, EF to form an inner pocket 31.The penis can be extended through the upper-half edge 15 of the openingand downwardly enclosed in the inner pocket 31, so that the longer peniscan be prevented from extending through the cover cloth 30 because ofthe coverage of the inner pocket 31.

Referring to FIG. 1D, a short cloth piece 32 is transversely arranged onthe inner surface of the cover cloth 30, and the short cloth piece 32 issewn to where the cover cloth not sewn closed only at lateral sidesthereof (line segments BC, FA). A pocket-shaped space having opened topand bottom is formed between the short cloth piece 32 and the covercloth 13, so that the longer penis is covered in the cover cloth 30 andprevented from extending through the lateral sides where the cover clothnot sewn closed.

The front part 11 of the underpants for men is sewn jointly to thebottom portion of the back part 12 via a transverse sewing thread 16 asthe conventional underpants. A vertical sewing thread 17 is sewn in thecentral portion of the back part 12, so that when the user wears theunderpants for men 10, the vertical sewing thread 17 of the back part 12tightly fits on the sunken portion of the hip. At the same time, asshown in FIG. 1B, the lateral edge 25 of the front part 11 and back part12 forms opening for accommodating the user's thigh; and the lateraledge 25 and the top portion 26 of the front part 11 and the back part 12are formed with elastic portion 27, so that the edge of the underpantsfor men 10 are elastic and convenient for the wearing and taking off.

Consequently, when the user wears the underpants for men of the presentinvention, the underpants for men 10 are worn in a same way as theconventional underpants, wherein the user's penis and scrotum naturallyextends through the opening 13 of the front part 11; the penis furtherextends through the upper-half edge 15 of the opening and accommodatesin the space between the cover cloth 30 and the opening 13; and thescrotum naturally accommodated in the scrotum pocket 20 of the opening13. Therefore the penis, scrotum and the abdomen and thigh are separatedfrom each other, and the genitals will not be oppressed.

Conclusively, the private parts of the user can be separated andprevented from the skin friction and oppressing via the special designof the scrotum pocket 20 and the cover cloth 30. At the same time, goodventilation and heat dissipating effect can be achieved via the holes inthe cover cloth, where it is not sewn closed, and in the scrotum 20. Inaddition, the cover cloth 30 of the present invention also takes therequirement of convenience for urinating into consideration, so that thecover cloth 30 where it is not sewn closed is employed to facilitateurination.

Second Embodiment

The above embodiment takes the conventional men's boxer as an example;however, the figure of the boxer is not the feature of the presentinvention, which shall be considered as a limitation to the presentinvention. A second embodiment of the present invention can be shown inFIG. 2A, 2B, which takes a brief as an example to illustrate, whereinFIG. 2A is a spread view, the cloth in the spread view can be sewn toform the configuration as shown in FIG. 2B.

The features of the second embodiment are similar to those of the firstembodiment, which arranges the cover cloth 30 and scrotum pocket 20 inthe opening 13 of the front part 11 to achieve the effect of the presentinvention. The ventilation, separation and free of oppressing effect aremore important to a brief than to a boxer, wherein the cloth is closelyfits on the skins of the user.

Third Embodiment

The cover cloth 30 and the scrotum pocket 20 are designed to be sewn tothe front part 11 in the above two embodiments, that is, sewn to theoutside of the underpants; however, which shall not be a limitation tothe present invention. For esthetics' sake, as the third embodiment ofthe present invention shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the cover cloth andscrotum pocket can be sewn to the inside of the front part 12, that is,sewn to the inside of the underpants (in the space between the frontpart 11 and the back part 12), wherein, FIG. 3A is a spread view of FIG.3B, the cloth in the spread view can be sewn to the configuration asshown in FIG. 3B. Different from FIGS. 1A and 1B, which illustrate theoutside of the front part and the back part, the spread view of FIG. 3Aand illustrates the inside of the front part and the back part.

The figure and configuration of the present embodiment take a boxer asan example, as the same to the first embodiment. The front part 11defines a first opening 41 at an approximately center position thereof,the first opening is employed only for the user to urinate, not foraccommodating the user's penis and scrotum. The feature of the presentembodiment lies in that, the inside of the front part 11 is sewn jointlywith an inner cover cloth 45. The inner cover cloth 45 is triangular,which is positioned against the user's genitals for accommodating theuser's penis and scrotum. At the same time, the inner cover cloth 45defines a second opening 46 for the penis and scrotum extending through.The lower-half edge of the second opening 46 is sewn jointly with ahemispherical scrotum pocket as that of the above embodiments. The innerspace of the scrotum pocket 40 communicates with the second opening 46of the inner cover cloth 45, for accommodating the user's scrotum. Thescrotum pocket 40 also defines a plurality of holes 42 for forming amesh surface thereon.

Consequently, when the user wears the underpants for men of the presentembodiment, his penis and scrotum are naturally positioned at the secondopening 46 of the inner cloth 45; the penis extends through theupper-half edge 47 of the second opening 46 and accommodates between thefront part 11 and the second opening 46; and the scrotum naturallyaccommodated in the scrotum pocket 40 arranged on the second opening 46.Therefore the penis, scrotum and thigh are separated from each other,and the genitals are free of oppressing. In addition, when the userurinates, the penis extending through the upper-half edge 47 of thesecond opening 46 of the inner cover cloth 45 can further extend throughthe first opening 41 of the front part to urinate.

The inner cover cloth and scrotum pocket 40 of the present embodimentare arranged inside the underpants, to well positioning the user'sgenitals, the triangular inner cloth 45 is suspended inside theunderpants. As shown in FIG. 3B, the corner 48 of the triangular innercloth 45 connects to two elastic suspend belts 49, an edge opposing thecorner 48 of the inner cloth is firstly sewn to the elastic portion 27at an upper portion of the front part 11; two positions G, H at an upperportion the back part 12 are further selected according to theexperiment results and size requirements; the two elastic belts 49 aresewn to the positions G, H for supporting the inner cloth 45 and thescrotum pocket on the inner cloth inside the underpants. If thepositions G, H are appropriately selected, the supporting position willbe right against the user's genitals, which results an ideal comfortablefeeling.

The suspend belts is only taken as an example to support the inner cloth45, which shall not be considered as the only embodiment of the presentinvention, other supporting means can also be employed in the design ofthe present embodiment, as long as the inner cloth 45 and the scrotumpocket 40 are supported inside the underpants to achieve the effect ofthe present invention. For example, in the spread view and isometricview shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B (FIG. 4A is a spread view showing theinside of the front part and the back part, as the same FIG. 3A does),the design of the two suspend belts is omitted, instead, the triangularinner cloth 45 is lengthened, so that the corner 48 is sewn to theapproximately center position C on the back part 12; under suchcircumstance, the inner cover cloth 45 and the scrotum 40 can also besupported, wherein the position C on the back part 12 can be selectedaccording to different requirements.

Besides employed in the abovementioned boxer, the design of the innercloth 45 and scrotum pocket 40 can also be supported inside the brieffor men, which will not be detailed hereinafter.

In conclusion, the feature of the present invention lies in the designof the (inner) cover cloth and the scrotum pocket, particular in theconfiguration of the scrotum pocket and the mesh surface thereof. Thedesign of the (inner) cover cloth and the scrotum can be employed in theoutside or inside of the underpants, such as in a boxer or a brief, toachieve the effect of ventilation, separation, free of oppressing andconvenience to urinate, therefore solving the problems of conventionalunderpants for men.

It should be apparent to those skilled in the art that the abovedescription is only illustrative of specific embodiments and examples ofthe present invention. The present invention should therefore covervarious modifications and variations made to the herein-describedstructure and operations of the present invention, provided they fallwithin the scope of the present invention as defined in the followingappended claims.

1. Underpants for men, comprising: a front part and a back part, whichare connected together to form an underpants body for being worn on auser, wherein the front part is formed with an opening for the user'sscrotum and penis to penetrate the opening; a scrotum pocket partlyconnected to edge of the opening, and having an inner spacecommunicating with the opening of the front part so as to receive theuser's scrotum in the inner space, wherein the scrotum pocket is formedwith a plurality of holes; and a cover cloth connected to the front partand for partly covering the scrotum pocket, so as to receive the user'spenis in a space between the cover cloth and the opening of the frontpart.
 2. The underpants for men as claimed in claim 1, wherein the covercloth is sewn to an upper portion of the front part and a part of theedge of the opening, so as to allow the user's penis to be exposed froma lower portion and lateral sides of the cover cloth at a position freeof being sewn.
 3. The underpants for men as claimed in claim 1, whereinedge of the scrotum pocket is partly sewn to the edge of a lower halfpart of the opening, and an upper half part of the opening is for theuser's penis to be exposed therefrom.
 4. The underpants for men asclaimed in claim 1, wherein a bottom side of the cover cloth is inwardlybent and is sewn to a position where the cover cloth is connected to thefront part, so as to form an inner pocket.
 5. The underpants for men asclaimed in claim 1, wherein a short cloth piece is transversely providedto an inside surface of the cover cloth, and lateral sides of the shortcloth piece are sewn to lateral sides of the cover cloth at positionsfree of being sewn.
 6. The underpants for men as claimed in claim 1,wherein the plurality of holes are arranged in a mesh on the scrotumpocket.
 7. The underpants for men as claimed in claim 1, wherein theplurality of holes are distributed over an entire surface of the scrotumpocket.
 8. The underpants for men as claimed in claim 1, wherein thescrotum pocket is shaped as a hemisphere, and its inner space is ahemispherical space.
 9. The underpants for men as claimed in claim 1,wherein edge positions of the front part and the back part are providedwith elastic portions to facilitate the user to put on or take off theunderpants body.
 10. The underpants for men as claimed in claim 1,wherein the underpants body formed by the front part and the back partcomprises a boxer body.
 11. The underpants for men as claimed in claim1, wherein the underpants body formed by the front part and the backpart comprises a brief body.
 12. The underpants for men as claimed inclaim 1, wherein the underpants body formed by the front part and theback part comprises a T-back underpants body.
 13. Underpants for men,comprising: a front part and a back part, which are connected togetherto form an underpants body for being worn on a user, wherein the frontpart is formed with a first opening; an inner cover cloth connected tothe front part and for covering the user's penis and scrotum, whereinthe inner cover cloth is formed with a second opening; and a scrotumpocket partly connected to edge of the second opening, and having aninner space communicating with the second opening of the inner covercloth so as to receive the user's scrotum in the inner space, whereinthe scrotum pocket is formed with a plurality of holes.
 14. Theunderpants for men as claimed in claim 13, wherein the inner cover clothis sewn to an inside surface of the front part and is suspended in aspace between the front part and the back part, so as to allow theuser's penis to be exposed from the second opening of the inner covercloth and the first opening of the front part.
 15. The underpants formen as claimed in claim 14, wherein the inner cover cloth is suspendedin the space between the front part and the back part via two elasticbelts.
 16. The underpants for men as claimed in claim 13, wherein edgeof the scrotum pocket is partly sewn to the edge of a lower half part ofthe second opening, and an upper half part of the second opening is forthe user's penis to be exposed therefrom.
 17. The underpants for men asclaimed in claim 13, wherein the plurality of holes are arranged in amesh on the scrotum pocket.
 18. The underpants for men as claimed inclaim 13, wherein the plurality of holes are distributed over an entiresurface of the scrotum pocket.
 19. The underpants for men as claimed inclaim 13, wherein the scrotum pocket is shaped as a hemisphere, and itsinner space is a hemispherical space.
 20. The underpants for men asclaimed in claim 13, wherein edge positions of the front part and theback part are provided with elastic portions to facilitate the user toput on or take off the underpants body.
 21. The underpants for men asclaimed in claim 13, wherein the underpants body formed by the frontpart and the back part comprises a boxer body.
 22. The underpants formen as claimed in claim 13, wherein the underpants body formed by thefront part and the back part comprises a brief body.
 23. The underpantsfor men as claimed in claim 13, wherein the underpants body formed bythe front part and the back part comprises a T-back underpants body.